A major search operation is continuing in the Kilkee area amid fears for the safety of a missing Japanese couple.
The couple's hired car was parked at Byrnes Cove in Kilkee, and was reported last evening because it had been there since Saturday.
This sparked a multi-agency operation which began last evening, and resumed at first light.
Martoni Vaughan, Officer in Charge with the Kilkee Coast Guard, says they're now covering a wide area.